British Court Rules Julian Assange Should Be Extradited to Sweden

Today Julian Assange, irascible WikiLeaks sun king and temporary United Kingdom resident, lost a court battle to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he faces, in the words of a London court, “serious sexual offenses.” The New York Times,Assange’s bête grise, reports that Assange and his all-star legal team may still “seek to appeal to Britain’s highest court,” but if a “further appeal is not granted, Mr. Assange would be extradited to Sweden within 10 days.”

According to The Guardian, “To appeal again, Assange must persuade the judges there is a wider issue of ‘public importance’ at stake in the latest decision.” But how ever will Assange be able to describe his predicament in the pretentious, grandiose rhetoric required by such a task?